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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T17:28:06.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Entertainment",
    "Movies",
    "Pop culture",
    "Barbenheimer",
    "Miles Teller",
    "Monica Barbaro",
    "Glen Powell",
    "Jay Ellis revealed",
    "Normal People",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n__We finally have an update on the new _Top Gun_ movie. While Barbenheimer was its own cultural phenomenon, no movie has quite captured the summer of it all like _Top Gun: Maverick_. The 2022 film, released 36 years after the original, reintroduces Maverick (Tom Cruise) to audiences, and shows off a new class of recruits, including Miles Teller's Rooster, Danny Ramirez's Fanboy, Monica Barbaro's Phoenix, and Glen Powell's Hangman.\n\n\nHangman's a cocky and competitive graduate who constantly finds himself toe-to-toe with Rooster; he's pushy, determined, and willing to sacrifice a lot to get exactly what he wants. But despite the fact he's the archetype my sister refers to as \"The Blond Narcissist,\" fans quickly fell for Hangman, thanks to Glen's charm.\n\n_Top Gun: Maverick_ made almost $1.5 billion worldwide, and fans have been waiting for a third installment ever since. And we just got an update on the new movie!\n\n* * *\n\n## Here's everything we know about _Top Gun 3_ , thanks to Glen Powell and Jay Ellis.\n\n### Is there going to be Top Gun 3?\n\n\n\n\nYes, we're getting a _Top Gun 3_! At CinemaCon 2026, the Paramount presentation confirmed that the movie is officially in pre-production with a script in the works that will reunite Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer.\n\nAt the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards on February 22, Jay Ellis revealed that the team wants the movie to be just right. “In all honesty, they’re still working on the script. They’re still working on the story. They’re wanting to get it right,\" he told _Us Weekly_. \"[It’s also about] really making sure that this story is not done just to make a movie, but made because these characters are going to make people lean in.\"\n\n“Tom is a stickler, and that really comes from him wanting to make sure the audience gets what they paid for and that they’re entertained,” he continued. \"For those two hours, they can fully disappear in this theater, and the world around them doesn’t exist anymore, and [be] fully entertained. That’s where the focus is.\"\n\nDuring a podcast recording at 92nd Street Y with _Happy Sad Confused_ 's Josh Horowitz, Glen Powell was asked which would come first: another installment of Daisy Edgar-Jones' _Normal People_ or _Top Gun 3_. “I mean, I have a date,” Glen shared about returning to the role of Hangman (via _Variety_). He does not, however, have more details to share.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNow MY main question is what kind of shirtless sport this third installment will give us after both _Top Gun_ 's beach volleyball scene and _Top Gun: Maverick_ 's beach football scene were met with _very_ positive reviews. Even if it's spikeball or pickleball, if the shirts are off, I'll be seated.\n\n“There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon,\" Glen told Variety in January 2024. Although at the time he didn't have a start date, he spoke with \"[Joseph] Kosinski, [Tom] Cruise, and Jerry [Bruckheimer] all the time. There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting.\"\n\n### When is Top Gun 3 coming out?\n\n\n\n\nWe don't have an official release date for _Top Gun 3_ yet, but I think it would be the perfect summer movie. Check back here for updates on the film!\n\n### Who's in the Top Gun 3 cast?\n\n\n\n\nAlong with Glen Powell as Jake \"Hangman\" Seresin, _Top Gun 3_ is sure to feature Tom Cruise as Pete \"Maverick\" Mitchell and Miles Teller as Bradley \"Rooster\" Bradshaw. We'll keep you updated on the full _Top Gun 3_ cast as we know more!\n\n_Top Gun: Maverick_ also stars Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Danny Ramirez, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer.\n\n### Was Penny in the first Top Gun?\n\n\n\n\nThe short answer to this question is kind of. Even though Penny (played by Jennifer Connelly in _Top Gun: Maverick_) is mentioned in the first _Top Gun_ movie, we never see her onscreen.\n\n**Stay tuned for the latest _Top Gun 3_ news and check out 8 Times Glen Powell Melted Our Hearts just for the heck of it.**\n\n_This post has been updated._",
  "title": "'Top Gun 3' Is Officially in the Works With Tom Cruise"
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